by corneliuscorps | May 8, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
A major focus of the ministry of Cornelius Corps is to teach and reflect on the witness of the modern Civil Rights Movement as a resource for faith based nonviolent action for racial justice today. There has not been a time in the 24 year history of our ministry when...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 30, 2025 | Weekly Reflection
The Trump administration began its second term with the promise to deport “dangerous criminals” who are in our nation illegally. Their avowed focus would be on arresting and deporting perpetrators of violent crimes including rape or murder as well as...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 24, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
On Sunday Christians around the world celebrated Easter. In Rome an ailing and fragile Pope Francis spoke briefly and was driven around St. Peter’s Square to the delight of thousands gathered there. The next day the news spread quickly that the Pope had died....
by corneliuscorps | Apr 17, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
This year the story of Holy Week resonates clearly with current realities in our nation. Holy Week refers to the Biblical accounts of the last week of Jesus’ life including his death on the cross and resurrection. An essential aspect of the story is that...
by corneliuscorps | Apr 10, 2025 | 2025, Weekly Reflection
Eighty years ago this week on April 9, 1945 the German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis just days before he would have been liberated by Allied troops. Although he is most famous for being a Christian martyr, the focus of his life...
